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TATW Map of the Months 2023

By | Multimedia
January 1, 2023
Logo of The Arctic Institute's Map of the Month

The Arctic Institute Map of the Month Initiative

Maps provide a useful means of understanding the various ways a region can be understood depending on the industry, discipline, culture or individual. Further, maps allow for the visualization of development and change in a region. Thus, the purpose of our TATW Map of the Month initiative is to highlight the various ways our changing Arctic can be visualised, by showcasing maps created by various geographers, cartographers and organisations around the world. Maps selected for each month reflect a relevant finding or event related to Arctic geography. TATW Map of the Month maps were not be created by The Arctic Institute, but rather shared with permission from the owners in order to make Arctic-related maps more accessible. Check out our 2023 TATW Maps of the Month below.

Map of Canada’s 2022 addendum to its continental shelf claim

Canada’s outer limits of the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean (Map of the Month January 2023)

First official Danish map to show Peary Land as an integral part of Greenland and therefore of the Kingdom of Denmark (Map of the Month February 2023 – @ Royal Danish Library)

Ancient map of Northern Greenland
Clipping of satellite image of Greenland

New satellite mapping project of Greenland (Map of the Month March 2023)

Greenland licence map 2023 (Map of the Month April 2023)

Map of Greenland with mineral licenses territories highlighted by different colours
Map of the Arctic highlighting the Arctic tree line boundary with a green line

Arctic tree line boundary (as of 2016) (Map of the Month May 2023)

“Making the Arctic City – The History and Future of Urbanism in the Circumpolar North” by Peter Hemmersam (Map of the Month June 2023)

Map in black and white showing major cities in the Arctic

No Map of the Month for July 2023

Arctic Indigenous Peoples languages and revitalization Map 1.0 (Map of the Month August 2023)

Map of the Arctic in various colours

Arctic amplification phenomenon (Map of the Month September 2023)

Map of the members of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council (Map of the Month October 2023)

A multicolored visualization of the Arctic showing members and observers of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council
Map showing Arctic permafrost and ice cap coverage during the Last Glacial Maximum, circa 25,000 years ago

Last Glacial Maximum extent (Map of the Month November 2023)

Chart of the sea coasts of Russia, Lapland, Finmarke, Nova Zemla and Greenland (Map of the Month December 2023)

A 17th-century depiction of the Arctic, featuring an early representation of Father Christmas and other polar decorations